amenรกbar’s ‘El โCaptivo’ Premieres in Valencia Ahead of International Launch
Valencia, โฃSpain – Alejandro โAmenรกbar‘s past โdrama, ‘El Captivo’ (The Captive), received an exclusive preview screening in Valencia todayโฃ as partโ ofโค the Mostra de Valencia – Cinema del Mediterrani, signaling the startโฃ of its internationalโค rollout following a premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, starring Julio โฃPeรฑa and Alessandroโ Borghi, recounts the 1575 capture of a young Miguel de Cervantes by arab โprivateers in the Mediterranean.
Valencia’s Councilor for Cultural Action, Heritage andโ Cultural โResources, Josรฉ Luis Moreno, lauded the โฃpreview, emphasizing the city’s commitment toโข fostering the Mediterranean โaudiovisual industry. “We wantโ to contributeโฆto the dissemination and the promotion โof Mediterranean โaudiovisual, enhancing our city as โขa meeting place for the audiovisual industry,” Moreno stated. He further highlighted the film’s importance,noting thatโ it “invites us to revisit a fundamental part of our modern history,contributing aโค new visionโฆof one of our most influential โฃwriters of worldwide literature,Miguel de Cervantes.”
Producer Fernando Bovaira explained the choice ofโ Valencia for the preview was a gesture of gratitude forโ the support received from local institutions, โtechnicians, and actors.
‘El Captivo’ was filmed extensivelyโ in the โvalencian Community, including locations in Alicante, Santa Pola, โฃand the Ciutat de la Llum, alongside the Royal Alcรกzares of Seville. The film โis a co-production involving mod Producciones, himenopter, Misent Producciones, Modโข Pictures, and Propaganda Italia, with participation from Netflix, RTVE, and RAI Cinema,โข and financial backing from Icaa, the Italianโข Ministry โof Culture, the Generalitat Valenciana, Eurimages, and Region Lazio,โค alongside Arcano and Crea SGR.The narrative centers onโ Cervantes’s โexperience as a hostage in โขAlgiers, where he findsโฃ solace and a means of survival through โstorytelling, ultimately forging an unexpected connection โคwith the city’s โฃfeared leader, Hasan. The โคfilm โdetails his attempts to devise a daring โescape plan amidstโค growing tensions among his fellow captives.